System Pics 2017
Posted by: hungryhalibut on 17 December 2016
Welcome to System Pics 2017. To get us started here is a picture of my setup: other than longer legs on the rack and some new wires, it's just the same as last year.
Big John posted:
Very stylish. The latest Naim kit looks good. Enjoy your new system.
Chris Dolan posted:I would be nervous of being exterminated by them
Would you be able to sleep with these
two rooms away?
Could someone copy Big John's pics, I think I missed them the first four times....
Nova looks splendid, anyway.
james n posted:Big John posted:
Very stylish. The latest Naim kit looks good. Enjoy your new system.
Could someone copy Big John's pics, I think I missed them the first four times....
Nicely "quoted".
"QUOTES - Please, when answering, consider whether you really HAVE to quote. If you do - please edit the quote to keep it as short and relevant as possible."
Max_B posted:Chris Dolan posted:I would be nervous of being exterminated by them
Would you be able to sleep with these
two rooms away?
Looks like something from Alien! I think I'd have nightmares if I had those
Now I just need to a way to make the cables disappear...
Max_B posted:Chris Dolan posted:I would be nervous of being exterminated by them
Would you be able to sleep with these
two rooms away?
Those would have to sound better than having the artist performing live in my living room for them to be allowed in the house!
Lowest WAF ever?
Clive B posted:Max_B posted:Chris Dolan posted:I would be nervous of being exterminated by them
Would you be able to sleep with these
two rooms away?
Those would have to sound better than having the artist performing live in my living room for them to be allowed in the house!
Lowest WAF ever?
Did a Seminar earlier this year, David Wilson's Alex, cut from the same mold as those Aliens you refer to.
"$200,000 ALEXANDRIA XLF SPEAKERS BILLED AS “WORLD’S BEST,” MAY ALSO BE “WORLD’S UGLIEST”
Artferg20 posted:Jumping Jack posted:Nothing has changed in a while, except for a new cupboard to store the evergrowing vinyl collection...
Very neat & stylish!
JJ, is this vinyl storage unit bespoke made or purchased? The IKEA Kallax is deemed unacceptable by SWMBO and (as my vinyl collection is growing ax well...) currently looking for alternatives
Greg
Allante93 posted:Clive B posted:Max_B posted:Chris Dolan posted:I would be nervous of being exterminated by them
Would you be able to sleep with these
two rooms away?
Those would have to sound better than having the artist performing live in my living room for them to be allowed in the house!
Lowest WAF ever?
Did a Seminar earlier this year, David Wilson's Alex, cut from the same mold as those Aliens you refer to.
"$200,000 ALEXANDRIA XLF SPEAKERS BILLED AS “WORLD’S BEST,” MAY ALSO BE “WORLD’S UGLIEST”
It seems you've no money left to buy a source component!
Clive B posted:Lowest WAF ever?
Just tested the theory - and it seemed to work. Anthything I suggest now has a new lowest ebb benchmark 
DrPo posted:Artferg20 posted:Jumping Jack posted:Nothing has changed in a while, except for a new cupboard to store the evergrowing vinyl collection...
Very neat & stylish!
JJ, is this vinyl storage unit bespoke made or purchased? The IKEA Kallax is deemed unacceptable by SWMBO and (as my vinyl collection is growing ax well...) currently looking for alternatives
Greg
Hi Greg,
it's from the french company Junddo (.com), a promising young start-up (previously named Estis). You can have it in whatever size you want. It's solid oak.
Clive B posted:
Lowest WAF ever?
Geeze - those have the lowest HAF ever.
They may be fugly, but at least they're expensive...Looks like one of the Transformers turned into an audiophile.
DrMark posted:Clive B posted:
Highest WTF ever?
I'd rather have those than the originals
William posted:
Now I just need to a way to make the cables disappear...
I would recommend trying the rack between the speakers. Would solve hiding cables and perhaps allow more prolonged listening sessions.
Especially is you didn't need to leave the room
Hungryhalibut posted:Might it be an idea to stop posting and re-posting pictures of ugly speakers that one doesn't own, and getting back to posting System Pics?
I'll play. Trying out a RaspberryPi with Hifiberry Digi+ Pro into a borrowed DAC (a CA DACMagic). I just wanted to see what it'd be like isolating the various functions of my 172.
Thus far it sounds a bit warmer but slightly less detailed going via the DAC and then analogue into the 172 (which I actually quite like). But it sounds pretty much the same going digital from the Pi into the 172's DAC as it does when using the 172's streamer.
Not a pretty picture, as it's a rough & ready experimental setup. But plenty going on in it. And it's been an interesting experiment.